Jules Koostachin

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Jules Arita Koostachin is a Cree writer and filmmaker from Canada, most noted for her 2022 film Broken Angel (MaaShwaKan MaNiTo). [1]

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Background

A member of the Attawapiskat First Nation, she was born in Moose Factory, Ontario, and grew up in Moosonee, [2] and worked in social services before turning to filmmaking in the early 2010s. [3] She directed a number of short films, both narrative dramas and documentaries, before making Broken Angel as her feature debut.[ citation needed ]

Career

Broken Angel won the award for Best Film at the 2022 American Indian Film Festival, [4] and was longlisted for the 2022 Jean-Marc Vallée DGC Discovery Award. [5]

Her documentary film WaaPaKe premiered at the 2023 Vancouver International Film Festival, [6] and has been shortlisted for the 2023 DGC Allan King Award for Best Documentary Film. [7] Her second narrative feature film, Angela's Shadows, was in development; as is a screenplay adaptation of Richard Wagamese's novel Ragged Company. [8]

As a writer she published the poetry collection Unearthing Secrets, Gathering Truths in 2018, [9] and received a nomination in the English poetry category at the 2019 Indigenous Voices Awards. [10]

She has also had selected roles as an actress, including as Talia Spears in Bones of Crows and as the voice of Layla Mabray in the television series Molly of Denali . [8]

Personal life

Her son, Asivak Koostachin, is an actor. [1] Her twin sons, Pawaken and Tapwewin Koostachin-Chakasim, have had acting roles, notably in their mother's short film MisTik. [11]

She and her family are currently based in Vancouver, British Columbia, where she studied at the University of British Columbia. [12]

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